Report Cites Dangers of Colorado Voucher Law

Replicating Failure, Colorado Vouchers Mimic Other States' MistakesThe People for the American Way Foundation issued a report about Colorado's school voucher law that cites the "high potential for abuse inherent in voucher programs, and examines parallels with the problems other cities and states have experienced with voucher laws, including Cleveland, Milwaukee, and Florida."

NEA Policy Brief on Vouchers

Vouchers: What Is at Stake? ( PDF, 164KB, 4 pp)This NEA policy brief emphasizes our belief that great public schools are a civil right for every child. Vouchers do not improve the achievement of students who use them, and they do nothing to improve public schools. Instead, vouchers leave most children behind, especially those with special needs, and they create a need for additional bureaucracy to administer and monitor such programs. Fall 2009.

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